Top U.S. Accelerator 2017, 2016 & 2015

Angelpad’s rise to the top is rooted in extremely high satisfaction of its graduates, high valuations for its portfolio companies and fundraising success.

2017 Seed Accelerators “AngelPad” and “Y-Combinator” share the coveted top spots in the 2017 rankings from the “Seed Accelerator Rankings Project” (SARP), an annual benchmarking study run by Entrepreneurship and Management experts from Rice University, MIT and the University of Richmond. (Source)

2016: Over 150 programs were invited to participate this year. For 2016, the rankings have moved to a tier system, with no ordinal ranking within tiers. Platinum is the highest tier. (Source: Rice.edu)

2015 – This year, the list is topped by a new champion: Angelpad (last year’s #3 program). Mucker Lab (#4 last year) and Techstars (last year’s #2) took second and third respectively. (Source: Techcrunch)

AngelPad is ranked the #1 U.S. Accelerator by MIT’s U.S Seed Accelerator Rankings and StrictlyVC called it the “Anti Y-Combinator“. Our alumni include Postmates, Buffer, Mopub, Drone Deploy, Coverhound and 130 other startups.